Importance of Policy

Politics is concerned with the organization and functioning of the state, available through its organs institutional, in the process of development and the protection of the constituted and delimited society geographically. Politics is essential for the growth and advancement of civilization: it creates hospitals, schools, universities, laboratories, it also takes care of establishing a legal order based on a magna carta, whose principle dates back to ancient Rome, so that people live in harmony, respecting each other, and social systems, so that, for example, a worker can perform in safe conditions, have paid vacations, and guarantees against dismissal unjustified.

Typically, in the democratic system, politics is orchestrated in three branches: legislative (where bills, new or reforms are presented, discussed and approved or rejected) judicial (where the laws are interpreted and applied through the competent authorities, led by figures of judges), and executive (where the highest representative of the community). And what is the importance of separating these powers? It is about setting limits, and an ideological plurality. For example, in a dictatorial system, the three powers are at the mercy of the decisions of a small group or one person, allowing things to go ahead without brakes.

The best and the worst policy

However, politics can be people's greatest ally or their worst enemy, because in the same way that the application of intelligent and strategic measures can boost the industry community, helping families most in need or equalizing the rights of citizens, it can also operate based on the interests of small groups of power to the detriment of the whole of society, destroying the internal market in view of imports, increasing inequality between rich and poor, or going back in the direction of sensitive debates around the equity.

Politics can save lives as well as destroy them, and while the latter may be questioned, it tends to. from the assumption of a new government, so that immediately, atrocities can be carried out with the complicity of friends of the power of the day, as demonstrated by the dictatorships in Latin America, or genocides against indigenous minorities throughout history world.

Politics is management

Consider a parallel with the administration of a building consisting of two hundred apartments, translating into two hundred families, boasting a common area with a swimming pool, gym, and sports field. This space becomes a community in itself, and requires coexistence regulations to, for example, prevent noise at night, children circulate with wet clothes through the corridors of the building once they get out of the water, or that the gym can only be open to people over a certain age age; likewise, garbage and cleanliness become key factors.

On the other hand, the money collected monthly from all the owners must be managed and used appropriately and intelligently, not only for general maintenance but also for emergencies such as a failure of the elevator. The expenses have to be clear, and meetings between the owners are necessary so that they are informed of the progress and balance of accounts, as well as to take certain decisions that should be stipulated by the internal regulations, thus, for example, any reform that costs more than two thousand dollars, should have the approval of more than 50% of the owners. This is politics: manage, and it can be managed well or badly, in the latter case, intentionally or not, for example, the administrator could purchase gym equipment at a premium, without consulting it even when necessary, so in this case you should try to find yourself First, a friendly solution, and if it doesn't work, start a legal action, not only to try to suspend the operation, but also to remove the person responsible, such as an impeachment would be, as was attempted with Trump on two occasions during his government, in 2019 and 2021, unsuccessfully.

Parties, alliances, ruling party and opposition

Inside of competitiveness By participating in the political arena, there are parties that represent certain ideologies and models of action, such are the cases of the right and left, conservatives and liberals.

It may not be the best way, but alliances and the exchange of favors are the common currency to achieve consensus among the forces of the ruling party, that make up the ranks of the government in office, and the opposition, comprising the group of forces that intends to position itself critically and vigorously in face to the electorate to eventually get -or improve- in government positions through the electoral process, in order to replace the officials current.

In general, the result of an election strongly positions one of the political partiesTherefore, the executive works with a certain capacity by having ideological allies in the chambers of senators and representatives; however, in the case of that the majority of the legislature opposes the executive, governability becomes difficult, for example, the executive needs the legislature to approve his budget yearly, necessary for the planning and implementation of the main socioeconomic policies; In short, a process is directed towards a new presidential figure.